I've played FFXIV since release at maximum graphics and had no issues whatsoever.

However 2 days ago my FPS suddenly dropped, i start the game and it runs at about 20fps for a few seconds then proceeds to slowly drop to 2fps and becomes unplayable.

I have restored settings to default, tried playing it on another hard drive all to no avail.

I can play crysis 3 on pretty high settings with decent FPS.

Any ideas?


System Information:

SYSTEM_OS Windows 8 Pro N 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200) (9200.win8_rtm.120725-1247)
SYSTEM_CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.6GHz
SYSTEM_CORE_NUM SYSTEM_CORE_LOGIC 8 SYSTEM_CORE_PHYSICS 4
SYSTEM_MEMORY 6135.102MB
SYSTEM_VIRTUAL_MEMORY 2047.875MB
SYSTEM_PAGE_FILE 11255.102MB
SYSTEM_STORAGE C:\ SYSTEM_HARDDISK_DRIVE SYSTEM_TOTALDISC_SPACE 214.331GB SYSTEM_FREEDISC_SPACE 77.390GB
SYSTEM_STORAGE D:\ SYSTEM_HARDDISK_DRIVE SYSTEM_TOTALDISC_SPACE 596.170GB SYSTEM_FREEDISC_SPACE 389.484GB
SYSTEM_STORAGE E:\ SYSTEM_HARDDISK_DRIVE SYSTEM_TOTALDISC_SPACE 596.170GB SYSTEM_FREEDISC_SPACE 264.670GB
SYSTEM_DIRECTX_VERSION DirectX 11
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480